Aaron Riley Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Justin Salas Lightweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Moraga	Jul 27, 2013
L	Tony Ferguson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Jaw Injury	R1	5:00	UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage	Sep 24, 2011
W	Joe Brammer Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans	May 29, 2010
L	Ross Pearson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Facial Cut	R2	4:38	UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera	Nov 14, 2009
W	Shane Nelson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 101: Declaration	Aug 8, 2009
L	Shane Nelson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	0:44	UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine	Mar 7, 2009
W	Jorge Gurgel Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar	Nov 15, 2008
L	Spencer Fisher Welterweight	KO/TKO	Jaw Injury	R1	5:00	UFC Fight Night 3	Jan 16, 2006
L	Robbie Lawler Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 37: High Impact	May 10, 2002

Outside the UFC

27-8-1across 36 bouts · 18 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 10 sub · 8 decHOOKnSHOOT · Bodog Fight · SFC · XMMA 5 · UWC 3 +13

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Steve Claveau8-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XMMA 5	Sep 13, 2008
W	Thiago Meller21-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UWC 3	Apr 26, 2008
L	Ryan Schultz23-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	4:00	IFL	Sep 20, 2007
L	Eddie Alvarez30-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:05	Bodog Fight	Dec 2, 2006
W	Darrell Smith17-19-1	Submission	Armlock	R2	2:40	Bodog Fight	Aug 22, 2006
W	Michihiro Omigawa19-15-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	6:00	PRIDE	May 22, 2005
W	Andrew Chappelle10-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	HOOKnSHOOT	Mar 4, 2005
W	Maicon Alarcao5-3	KO/TKO	Injury	R1	4:10	AFC	Aug 28, 2004
W	Nuri Shakir21-22	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	HOOKnSHOOT	Mar 27, 2004
L	Sam Morgan18-12	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:41	Shooto	Nov 14, 2003
W	Cedric Marks31-27	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:40	Combate Extremo	Aug 30, 2003
W	Nick Gilardi6-7	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	1:49	PPKA	Jun 28, 2003
L	Chris Lytle31-18-5	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:31	HOOKnSHOOT	Mar 8, 2003
W	Alexandre Barros27-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	HOOKnSHOOT	Dec 13, 2002
W	Mike Willus5-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	HOOKnSHOOT	Nov 17, 2001
L	Yves Edwards42-22-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	HOOKnSHOOT	Jul 14, 2001
W	Earl Thompson0-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:08	UFCF	Apr 21, 2001
W	Steve Berger20-23-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	HOOKnSHOOT	Aug 19, 2000
W	Aaron Stregles1-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	TC 2	Jul 14, 2000
W	Jeremy Bennett6-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	HOOKnSHOOT	Mar 17, 2000
W	Colin O'Rourke2-2	Decision	Majority	R3	4:00	WEF 8	Jan 15, 2000
L	Falaniko Vitale30-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	7:06	RITC 2	Oct 15, 1999
L	Yves Edwards42-22-1	Decision	Unanimous	R1	20:00	HOOKnSHOOT	Oct 2, 1999
W	Joe Merit10-10-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:24	LI	Sep 1, 1999
D	CJ Fernandes14-8-3	Draw	—	R1	15:00	SFC	Aug 7, 1999
W	Billy Johnson2-6	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R1	2:10	HOOKnSHOOT	Jul 24, 1999
W	Rob Tallack1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:52	Kakidamisi 1	Jul 11, 1999
W	Tony Apponte1-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Palm Strikes	R1	7:31	ES	Jun 25, 1999
W	James Julian3-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	—	SFC	Apr 30, 1999
W	Shane Garrett5-2	Decision	Unanimous	R1	20:00	HOOKnSHOOT	Mar 20, 1999
W	Phil Stroffolino3-5-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Palm Strikes	R1	3:27	HOOKnSHOOT	Nov 7, 1998
W	Brian Boclair0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:35	HOOKnSHOOT	Aug 14, 1998
W	Chris Mounce0-1	Submission	Keylock	R0	—	HOOKnSHOOT	Jun 12, 1998
W	Billy Johnson2-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	5:08	HOOKnSHOOT	Sep 20, 1997
L	Mario Roberto4-0	Submission	Kneebar	R0	—	HOOKnSHOOT	Jul 18, 1997
W	Chris Malgieri0-2	Submission	Heel Hook	R0	—	HOOKnSHOOT	Jul 18, 1997

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

9 wins, 7 losses

W9

L7

Submission

10 wins, 2 losses

W10

L2

Decision

11 wins, 5 losses

W11

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.11

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Aaron Riley

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.81 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Aaron Riley

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 2 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous

None

Split1 decision · 100%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC48th

34%314 / 904

Striking accuracy

61%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.33 differential

Landed3.45

Absorbed3.78

61%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-5%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head47%42nd147
Body29%71st92
Leg24%75th75

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

61%Standing

Standing61%190
Clinch32%102
Ground7%22

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Aaron Riley

Landed per 15

Head

D

35th

23.1

35th

Body

A

76th

14.5

76th

Leg

A

80th

11.8

80th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

33rd

38.7

33rd

Body

F

17th

15.6

17th

Leg

A

74th

4.4

74th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	23.1	147	653	23%
Body	14.5	92	142	65%
Leg	11.8	75	109	69%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	38.7	246	776	32%
Body	15.6	99	124	80%
Leg	4.4	28	54	52%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Aaron Riley

35%

Takedown accuracy

61%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+1.9 min net

On top2.9

On bottom1.1

Offense

Takedowns

C

56th

1.3

56th

TD accuracy

C

47th

35%

47th

Sub attempts

C

47th

0.2

47th

Control

C

55th

2.9 min

55th

Defense

TD defense

C

49th

61%

49th

Controlled

1.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	8 / 23
Submission attempts	1
Control time	18:35

Defense

TDs defended	17 / 28
Control absorbed	6:42

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (95min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Aaron Riley

9 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 95 min

112%

R3 pace · 5 bouts

Riley builds (+12% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Riley lifts to 112% of round-1 output by round 3 (5 bouts).

Riley ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Rileylanded / min

Takedown attempts

Rileyattempts / min

Control time

Riley% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.2	3.0	4.8	0.25	10%	9
R2	5.2	3.7	3.7	0.20	20%	6
R3	5.4	3.2	2.7	0.28	34%	5

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Aaron Riley

9 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

D

34th

27%

34th

Win quality

F

19th

29%

19th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

4

1

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	4	2-2	50%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Justin Salas	Building	15	Jul 27, 2013
L	Tony Ferguson	Top-5	65	Sep 24, 2011
W	Joe Brammer	Unproven	8	May 29, 2010
L	Ross Pearson	Top-15	43	Nov 14, 2009
W	Shane Nelson	Building	15	Aug 8, 2009
L	Shane Nelson	Building	15	Mar 7, 2009
W	Jorge Gurgel	Building	18	Nov 15, 2008
L	Spencer Fisher	Established	22	Jan 16, 2006
L	Robbie Lawler	Champion	68	May 10, 2002

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

9 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-1

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-3

5 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-2

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-3

3 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

1-0

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

1-0

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

12y 11mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Aaron Riley

Extended layoff

12y 11mosince last bout

vs Justin Salas · Jul 27, 2013

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-2As underdog 1-2

38.1

DK avg

17.9

Median

88.2

Ceiling

4.4

Floor

33%

Boom

56%

Bust

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